A large part of Salzburg’s identity is music-related. For starters, Mozart seems to be everywhere. His face beams from store windows and the Mozart line of chocolates is delicious and seemingly in every shop. You can tour the house where he was born and another residence where he lived while working in Salzburg. And you could attend multiple concerts every day featuring the music of Mozart and his contemporaries. There are Mozart Concert Halls and Mozart Balls. There are even huge annual music festivals here throughout the year.
And then there’s The Sound of Music. There’s a lovely theater where you can see a live production (in German) of The Sound of Music. Many tours are based on The Sound of Music showcasing either sites from the original story or the filming locations for the 1965 movie.
We attended 2 music concerts while we were in Salzburg which gave us evenings of wonderful music as well as access to unique Salzburg locations. The first concert was held in Salzburg’s hilltop medieval fortress. The tour included dinner in the fortress restaurant before the concert and then a string quintet that performed in a nearby music hall. I’ve included a couple of related photos but although the evening performance gave us great views from the fortress, night-time photos don’t do it justice.
The second concert was in the gorgeous baroque style Marble Hall in the Mirabell Palace. Built in 1606, the Palace now houses the offices of Salzburg’s mayor and city government. The Marble Hall is used for weddings, awards ceremonies, and the regular music concerts.
This is probably the most popular photo of Mozart, and we saw it many places.
The beautiful house where Mozart was born.
Mozart standing in front of one of “his” candy shops.
A whole passel of adorable Mozarts in a gift shop.
Our first concert and dinner were in the Salzburg fortress which looms high above the city. Construction of the fortress began in 1077 and continued over the next several centuries.
Since cars are not allowed, there are only 2 ways to get to the fortress: a seemingly endless path/steps or the speedy funicular. No contest there!
The original funicular was built in 1515 to provide freight access and is probably the oldest operational railroad in the world.
The restaurant in the fortress. A lovely old restaurant with beautiful views of the city.
The medieval hall with vaulted ceilings in the fortress where the concert took place.
The theatre where the live production of the Sound of Music takes place.
An ad for the Sound of Music live production.
The gardens of the Mirabell Palace where part of the Sound of Music took place. (This is where they sang do-re-me.)
Entrance to the gardens at the Mirabell Palace with the Palace shown in the back. Love the trees.
Lots of interesting Italian-looking statues in the Mirabell Gardens.
Front of the Mirabell Palace seen at night.
The marble staircase up to the 2nd floor in the Mirabell Palace where the music concert took place.
One of the beautiful walls in the Marble Hall in the Mirabell Palace where the music concert took place. The room is very tall so is difficult to photograph.
The Marble Hall where the musical group performed. Period instruments included a beautiful harpsichord.
Beautiful pictures. This looks like a great vacation destination. So much culture to soak up. A concert at the fortress sounds exciting, and the do-re-me gardens reminded me of the gardens at the Palace of Versailles.
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Beautiful pictures. This looks like a great vacation destination. So much culture to soak up. A concert at the fortress sounds exciting, and the do-re-me gardens reminded me of the gardens at the Palace of Versailles.
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The statues near Mirabell Gardens were beautiful.
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